At any time in the past, Indian society was never so much
polarized, so much divided and so much vitiated by communal and sectarian virus
as now and perhaps the only exception is the election time after the
destruction of Babri Masjid. The cause for this communal polarization of India
is the advent of Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate of BJP. He
was handpicked from among the BJP leaders from his mentor and master, RSS. Modi becomes a democrat before some people,
vikas purush before others and hardcore hindutvavadi before Hindu communalists.
He is fully backed by the Indian Industrial Corporates and the media owned by
them in his attempt to conquer Delhi’s throne.
We know democracy is a product of capitalism. As time went on
capitalism became corporate capitalism and then in recent times it became
finance capitalism. And industrial and financial corporate houses began to
control and manipulate democracy and democratic institutions. Even though
democracy is the child of capitalism, capitalists allow it to function only as
long as it is convenient and helpful for making unlimited profits, uncontrolled
amassment of wealth and unbridled exploitation of the vital resources of the
nation. The clear proof of this is the history of German Nazism. In the German
election of 1933 in which Hitler’s Nazi party gained the reins of government in
its hands, it was German corporate giants like Krupp, I B Farben, United Steels
etc. that sponsored and financed Nazi Party knowing fully well that it will be
the last democratic election in Germany. The same political situation prevails
in India now: a weak and corrupt
government at the Centre and no credible leader to mobilize democratic forces
against Modi backed by fascist RSS.
The quality of political discourse and propaganda has stooped
to such lowest and dirtiest level in India since Modi came into the national
scene. Blatant lies, unbaked untruths and half truths, and distortion of
history are brandished at unsuspecting public. No scruples prevent Modi from
distorting history and historical facts to his convenience. His greatest
discovery recently was Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, leader of Hindu Mahasabha and
founder of Jan Sangh, the former avatar of BJP, was a Gujarati. He calls
Mahatmaji, a Gujarati by birth, as Mohanlal Gandhi instead of Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi. Where is his Gujarati Asimitha if he even doesn’t know the
correct name of the Father of the Nation who is a Gujarati? According to Modi
the ancient Indian University Takshila was in Pakistan not in Bihar.
Chandragupta belonged to Maurya dynasty and not Gupta dynasty. He says
Jawaharlal Nehru didn’t attend Sardar Patel’s funeral which is a sinister lie.
He confidently states that China spends 20 per cent of its GDP for education
whereas the fact is that it is only 4 per cent. If this type of Goebbelsian
falsification and distortion of history goes on, soon we will have to hear that
it is not Naduram Godse who shot dead Mahatmaji, but Mahatmaji who shot dead
Naduram Godse.
Modi claims that his state is a model for development. What
type of development is it? Is the
development of the Corporate houses that makes a state developed? Yes, it is
undeniable that he has doled out more than enough for the industrial corporates.
He has given unbridled freedom to them to exploit the land and natural
resources of his state, that belong to all the people including the vagabonds
in the streets of Gujarat. And these industrial houses show their gratitude by
lavishly spending their money for his publicity and the media owned by them idolize
him. The Gujarat government invested Rs.39179 crores in profit motivated
enterprises and the average annual return is only 0.25% whereas the interest
paid for this borrowed money is 7.75%. Where is the efficiency of the Modi Govt
which Modi worshippers propagate from the house tops?
But the truth is that in most aspects, Gujarat is one of the
least developed states in India. Neera Chandhoke points out in EPW “Gujarat’s performance in poverty reduction and human development
has been poor compared to other states which are growing at a lower rate.
According to the 2011 India Human Development Report, in the human development
index the state slipped from the 5th rank in 1996, to the 9th rank in 2006. It
is the worst performer in child malnutrition with 69.7% of children up to the
age of five anaemic and 44.6% malnourished. Health indicators for the scheduled
tribes (STs) are worse than that at the national level, and also poorer than
that for other social groups in the state. According to the Global Hunger Index
brought out by the International Food Policy Research Institute, India ranks 66
among the 88 countries listed. Among the five worst performers is Gujarat.
Gujarat’s literacy rate is only marginally above the national average, and is
extremely low in the tribal belt. In sum, Gujarat has proved to be one state
where social welfare has not proved commensurate with increases in rates of
economic growth.”
Kerala Chief
Minister Oomman Chandy is reeling under a solar scandal, related to a bogus
company Team Solar, for the last few months. Now Naredra Modi is also accused
of a solar scandal in connection with his alleged unlawful snooping on a 30
year old lady architect in Bangalore. Modi government illegally allotted crores
worth of solar energy contracts to a then unknown company, Gandhinagar Grid, under
the ownership of the brother of this. Gandhinagar Grid didn’t have much
previous experience in the field of generation of solar energy and strangely
enough, this was the company which got the largest solar energy contract in India
with no previous experience in the field, worth mentioning. The CAG has found
irregularity in allotting solar contracts to a single company without
competitive quotations by government institutions in Gujarat, thus resulting in
loss of crores of Rupees of public money.
Subsequently
the lady became estranged with Modi and fell in love with another person.
During this period Modi arranged for snooping on the lady. In 2009 Mr.Amit
Shah, then Home Minsiter of Gujarat under orders of Narendra Modi put the young
lady under intense surveillance by Anti-Terrorist Squad flouting all norms and
in blatant violation of various laws of the Land. The lady was relentlessly
followed by Gujarat police across boundaries of states in shopping malls,
restaurants, gyms etc., in her visit of relatives, when she went to see her
mother in hospital, when she checked into hotels, when she took flights and
practically to every building she
visited or stayed in. Her phones were tapped. This unlawful action of Modi is
violation of Constitutional oath, negation of ‘Rights to Privacy’ enshrined in
Article 21 of the Constitution of India, gross abuse of State power and misuse
of police machinery. This is a cognizable offence that requires the State to
file an FIR for the violation of Section 5.2 of the Indian Telegraph Act and
Section 354 D(ii) of the amended Indian Penal Code. Modi-bhakts’ defense is
that her dady asked for it. Didn’t they know privacy and civil liberties of a
woman cannot be ceded to the State even by her father? Paradoxically the same people
who complain of the Congress Bureau of Investigation (CBI) misused the
Anti-Terrorism Squad to snoop on a young lady.
I
warn the people of India, as I have done on many previous occasions, that these are all the portents of the Modi
Raj some people are enthusiastically waiting for. 
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